Remedy for dropsy



UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

REMEDY FOR DROPSY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 345,671, dated July 20, 1886.

Application filed April 30,1886. Serial No. 200,726.

To all whom it"mtty concern.-

Be it known that'I, PETER E. CAMPBELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dovesville, in the county of Darlington and State of 'South Carolina, have invented certain new and useful In'iproven'ients in Medical Oompounds for the Treatment of Dropsy; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has relation to medical compounds for the reliefof dropsy, and the object is to produce a simple, inexpensive, and effective remedy for the treatment of the said disease; and the novelty consists in the combination of the different ingredients in about the proportions hereinafter more particularly set forth.

To prepare one gallon of the compound, take of apple-vinegar one (1) gallon; Wormwood, (Artemisia ubs'inth. one (1) ounce; long'leaved pine green root, (Pines z(uda four (4) ounces; dewberryroot, dry, (Rabus trioialia) one'half 1) ounce; star-grass root, (1 ry, (l-Ieloniusdioica,) one-half (i) ounce.

The vinegar is first put in a suitable receptacle having a tightlyfitting cover, the other ingredients are added, the whole thoroughly (No specimens.)

mixed, and allowed to maeerate for about nine (9) days. heated to about 212, in which state I then add pure white sugar one (1) pound, and of Jamaica rum one (1) quart, and the Whole thoroughly mixed or agitated until the sugar is dissolved, the solution allowed to cool, and bottled for use.

The ordinary dose of the remedy for an adult is one (1) table-spoonful taken internally three (3) times a day, the amount and frequency of the dose to be varied to suit the requirements of each case.

Having thus fully described my improved remedy, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

The herein-described remedy for the treatment of dropsy, consisting of apple-vinegar, Jamaica rum, green pineroot, WOllllWOOd, dewberry-root, star-grass root, and white sugar, in about the proportions herein specified.

In testimony whereof I atlix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PETER E. CAMPB ELL.

\Vitnesses:

W. '1. CAMPBELL, J. D. HowLE, Jr.

The decoetion is then strained and, 

